Heide Trepainer

Heide Trepainer

The Emperor's Shadow

HEIDE TREPANIER (1979 - ): Graduated with a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1995, and an MFA in Painting at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2000. She is currently working on her Ph.D. in Philosophy, Art and Critical Thought at The European Graduate School. Her work has been exhibited extensively in the US and internationally, and is part of collections at The Virginia Museum of Fine Art, The Speed Museum in Kentucky, and many corporate and private collections. She has received fellowships from The Pollock/Krasner Foundation, the Joan Mitchell Foundation, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and The American Academy of Arts and Sciences among others.